Bellis Mark A, Hughes Karen, Bennett Andrew, Thomson Roderick
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
Addiction. 2003 Dec;98(12):1713-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2003.00554.x.
The study compares types, frequencies and quantities of substances used by young people while holidaying in the international dance resort of Ibiza (Spain) with their patterns of use in the United Kingdom. It measures changes in substance use at both locations between 1999 and 2002 and examines the role of dance resorts in recruiting individuals into using new substances.
Data were collected from visitors to Ibiza in 1999 (n = 846) and 2002 (n = 868). Information on drug use was surveyed through a short anonymous questionnaire.
Individuals were sampled at Ibiza airport just prior to returning to the UK.
Most individuals visiting Ibiza used illicit drugs in the United Kingdom (57.4% in 2002), with nearly all users continuing to use in Ibiza. Use of most drugs in Ibiza was characterized by binge behaviour, with many individuals using drugs 5 or more nights per week. Proportions using cocaine, ecstasy and GHB have risen significantly (1999-2002) in both locations, as have numbers of ecstasy tablets taken on a usual night. Substance use was associated positively with number of previous visits to Ibiza and new users were recruited into use while abroad (17.4 and 33.1 per 1000 people were introduced to cocaine and ecstasy use, respectively, in Ibiza).
The emergence of international nightlife resorts increasingly links drug use abroad with that in individuals' countries of origin. Our results indicate that resorts such as Ibiza offer tourists the opportunity to increase levels of drug consumption and try different substances in an atmosphere conducive to experimentation. Patterns of recreational drug use in leading international resorts may help predict developments in drug use elsewhere and as such be an important tool in planning appropriate interventions.
本研究比较了年轻人在西班牙伊维萨岛这个国际舞蹈度假胜地度假时使用物质的类型、频率和数量，以及他们在英国的使用模式。研究测量了1999年至2002年期间这两个地点物质使用的变化，并考察了舞蹈度假胜地在吸引个人使用新物质方面所起的作用。
数据收集自1999年（n = 846）和2002年（n = 868）前往伊维萨岛的游客。通过一份简短的匿名问卷对药物使用信息进行了调查。
在游客返回英国之前于伊维萨岛机场进行抽样。
大多数前往伊维萨岛的人在英国就已使用非法药物（2002年为57.4%），几乎所有使用者在伊维萨岛仍继续使用。在伊维萨岛，大多数药物的使用以狂欢行为为特征，许多人每周有5个或更多晚上使用药物。在这两个地点，使用可卡因、摇头丸和γ-羟基丁酸的比例在1999年至2002年期间均显著上升，通常夜晚服用的摇头丸数量也有所增加。物质使用与之前前往伊维萨岛的次数呈正相关，并且新使用者是在国外被吸引开始使用的（在伊维萨岛，每1000人中分别有17.4人和33.1人开始使用可卡因和摇头丸）。
国际夜生活度假胜地的出现日益将国外的药物使用与个人原籍国的药物使用联系起来。我们的研究结果表明，像伊维萨岛这样的度假胜地为游客提供了在有利于尝试的氛围中增加药物消费量和尝试不同物质的机会。主要国际度假胜地的娱乐性药物使用模式可能有助于预测其他地方药物使用的发展情况，因此是规划适当干预措施的重要工具。
